How does Guinea-Bissau rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?

Guinea-Bissau ranks 171st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guinea-Bissau

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guinea-Bissau
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Guinea-Bissau: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 5.43 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

5.43 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

171st

of 240 countries

All-time high

5.45 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

4.79 1000 ha

in 2001

Years of data

2001–2024

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guinea-Bissau, 2001–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guinea-Bissau is 5.43 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 5.45 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.79 1000 ha, in 2001.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 171st of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	4.88 1000 ha	4.79 1000 ha	5.02 1000 ha	9
2010s	5.19 1000 ha	5.05 1000 ha	5.35 1000 ha	10
2020s	5.41 1000 ha	5.37 1000 ha	5.45 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau

168 Guadeloupe 6.93 1000 ha compare
169 Timor-Leste 6.07 1000 ha compare
170 Iceland 6.05 1000 ha compare
172 Mauritius 5.42 1000 ha compare
173 Martinique 4.86 1000 ha compare
174 Barbados 4.75 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Guinea-Bissau

Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 62 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 116 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 58 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 204 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 96 t (2024)
Printing and writing papers — Import value 826 1000 USD (2024)
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity 574 t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guinea-Bissau?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guinea-Bissau was 5.43 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?: The highest recorded value was 5.45 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Guinea-Bissau?: The lowest recorded value was 4.79 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Guinea-Bissau rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 171st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.